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Application of ultrasound irradiation in landfill leachate treatment

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Landfilling is known to be the most widely used method in municipal solid waste management in many countries. Landfill leachate containing different recalcitrant compounds are recognized to contaminate the soil and water and accordingly threat both the human health and environment. A variety of chemical and biological methods have recently been employed for landfill leachate treatment, one of which is the ultrasonic process. In this review, the efficiency of the ultrasound-assisted method for leachate treatment, factors influencing the treatment process are studied by defining a search protocol. The results showed that ultrasound can reduce pollutants by creating cavitation, microstreaming, and microturbulence. Increasing turbidity in initial of irradiation time and increasing the cost of treatment are the disadvantages of using ultrasonic in leachate treatment. Moreover, ultrasound-assisted method leads to improve the leachate quality, especially the COD/BOD. Therefore, ultrasound can be considered a good pretreatment for biological processes. Although, the application of this process in combination with other treatment processes such as biological processes and advanced oxidation increases the efficiency of leachate treatment, its efficiency depends on several factors such as exploitation features and leachate quality.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support given by Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Grant Number 33899).

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    Javad Torkashvand, Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary & Mahdi Farzadkia

  2. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Javad Torkashvand, Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary, Neda Heidari, Zohre Kazemi, Zahra Kazemi, Mahdi Farzadkia, Vida Amoohadi & Yasaman Oshidari

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Torkashvand, ., Rezaei Kalantary, R., Heidari, N. et al. Application of ultrasound irradiation in landfill leachate treatment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 47741–47751 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15280-9

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